Rolling coverage of the situation in Ukraine after the military invasion by Russia.
A soldier takes a photograph of his comrade as he poses beside a destroyed Russian tank and armoured vehicles in Bucha, Kyiv region.Russia says peace talks not ready for leaders' meeting - chief negotiator
As Ukraine claimed its forces had retaken all areas around Kyiv, the mayor of a liberated town said 300 residents had been killed during a month-long occupation by the Russian army, and victims were seen in a mass grave and still lying on the streets. After five weeks of fighting, Russia has pulled back forces that had threatened Kyiv from the north to regroup for battles in eastern Ukraine.Sanctions against Russia will only increase until a peace agreement with Ukraine becomes clear, Japan’s trade minister Koichi Hagiuda said Sunday on national broadcaster NHK.
The US, UK, European Union and others have ramped up sanctions against Russia following its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. • In the recaptured town of Bucha northwest of Kyiv, the sprawled remains of more than a dozen bodies lined a road. A mass grave at a church was open, with hands and feet poking through the red clay heaped on top. The smell of explosives and the stench of death hung in the cold, dank air.
• Maksim Levin, a photographer and videographer working for a Ukrainian news website and a long-time contributor to Reuters, was killed covering the war.
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